Spoke 9: The Biblewheel and The 9th Century

Spoke 9: The Biblewheel and The 9th Century

When you look at the pattern of the Biblewheel, where the pattern of the Hebrew Alphabet, being 22 letters is found not only in the Alphabetic Psalms and poetic parts of the Bible, but also found in the pattern of books and chapters and numerical values within the text as well (days, years, amounts mentioned in the text).

This alpha-numerical pattern is found in history as well. In this case let us compare the Spokes of the Biblewheel with the books of the Bible related to the Spoke as well as the letter of the Hebrew Alphabet.

The 9th Spoke with Post-Christian History of the 9th Century and Links

Spoke 9: The Biblewheel and The 9th Century (Go back to main Menu) - king Alfred chased by the Vikings giving himself to prayer and singing psalms; - Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I's skull used for cup for wine to Krum the king of Bulgaria; - Nikephoros' son, Staurakios, though injured in the battle faought alongside his father becomes emperor; - Emperor Michael I Rhangabe, son-in-law of Nikephoros I, reduces taxes that his father-in-law had raised; - the Athinganoi were perhaps either Gentile converts to Judaism or Gentile Christians which had Judaic practices, which were also a part of the Iconoclastic movement of the 9th century; - Emperor Leo V mistrusts his companion Michael II and jails him. And he enthrones his son Constantine as co-emperor. But Michael's men assassinate him. An evil spirit is set between Leo V and Michael II; - Emperor Theophilos dies in sickness. He was the last Iconoclast emperor. His wife Theodora ends the movement; - Rome assumes independence and Popes anoint kings (Charlemagne was anointed on Christmas day 800AD. The 9th century would be from 801AD but if the dating system of the Bible is 14 days before Passover then his anointing would have been in the 8th Century); - Pope Leo III anoints Charlemagne; - Pope Paschal I anoints Lothair; - Pope Stephen IV anoints Louis the Pious; - Nasr/Theophobos a Sassanian and his men seek refuge in the Christian Byzantine Empire; - Emperor Michael III plays favoritism. He easily honors people; - future Byzantine Emperor Basil I's humble beginnings and defeat of a Bulgarian champion. - Emperor Basil I joins Holy Roman Emperor Louis II against the Arabs in the Arab-Byzantine wars; - Emperor Leo IV the Wise is hated by his father because he suspects he is Michael III's son (since Michael III gave Basil I, his father, his mistress for wife);  - Averardo de Medici a knight in Charlemagne's army defeated the giant Mugello. - Alamut Castle as the Eagle's Nest in Obadiah's Prophecy